PM O’NEILL: Government to continue help airlines industry

The National Government will continue to build the country’s air transport sector because of the high dependency on air transportation by the people, says PM Peter O’Neill.
Speaking at the welcoming reception of the brand new ATR- 72 aircraft for PNG Air in Port Moresby last night, O’Neill says the government is trying to subsidize the industry as much as possible within the confines of the funds they have available, but with the support of shareholders the government will continue to build the capacity of the air transport sector in the country.
This is because the government’s long term vision is to also make PNG the air transport hub in the Asia Pacific region because of our suitable location in the region.